Tales of the City & Michael Tolliver Livesby Armistead Maupin Books #8 & #9, read during June and July, 2015

When I found out that I would be traveling to San Francisco for the 2015 American Library Association Conference, I naturally referred to my librarian coworkers to recommend books that take place within the city limits. When I travel, I love to read fiction for a particular locale because beforehand, it warms you up to the culture and when you return, it helps to bubble all of those sense memories to the surface again. One of my most well-read and hippest coworkers recommended Tales of the City (TOC) by Armistead Maupin. For her, it had special meaning because she traveled to Frisco* during the 1970s, coincidentally when the first of the series takes place. Flash forward to 2015, two copies of the book on the shelf (not just one), which is indicative of its steadfast popularity.

Maupin’s books are the great equalizer: Catholic, gay, straight, trans, queer, and all along the spectrum of personhood, there’s really something for everyone, and something with which you can become newly acquainted. If you need a good book(s), if you need to feel, to armchair travel to San Fran, to fall in love with a new friend, I cannot stress enough that you read Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City series.

IMDB Description: This third installment to "Tales of the City" finds Mary Ann Singleton struggling to advance in her new career as a TV personality, while Michael Tolliver is playing the field after his break-up with Jon Fielding. After her divorce, Prue Giroux finds comfort in a mysterious stranger she meets in the park. Brian Hawkins is struggling with his job and his new monogamous relationship with Mary Ann, and DeDe Halcyon Day returns with a dangerous revelation that could be the scoop Mary Ann has been waiting for.

Tales of the City Screencaps. . Wallpaper and background images in the Thomas Gibson club tagged: tales of the city thomas gibson thomas gibson.

Year of Unknown Books: Tales of the City Series by Armistead Maupin

Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City began as a newspaper serial in the 1970s, and grew into a beloved series of books that stand as a chronicle of life in the city of San Francisco. And it began in the decade after the Summer of Love, before anyone had ever heard of AIDS — now, it will end in the era of marriage equality.

Armistead Maupin’s More Tales of the City | Reel Charlie

elcometo my official website. If you’re interested in Tales of the Cityor any of my othernovels, you’ll find plenty here to divert you, including an onlinestore where you can order books and other items that I will sign andpersonalize just for you. My trustywebmaster, Rick Miller, will be updating the blog to keep you posted onmy latest doings. You’llalso find archival material, photographs and (in case you’replanning a visit) a literary map of Mrs. Madrigal’s SanFrancisco. I love ’s Tales of the City series. The books tell the stories of the colorful residents who live in the fictional apartment building located at 28 Barbary Lane in San Francisco. The writing is witty and hilarious but it also documents a time in history that changed our lives—the beginning of the AIDS epidemic and the aftermath. You should read the series, but you should make sure you buy the actual books, not only for the words inside but for the beautiful artwork found on the covers and spines of the Harper Perennial P.S. editions. See for yourself: The entire cover—front, back, and spine—of each book is gorgeous.In June, 2016, Laura Linney was asked whether she would make another Tales series if she were asked, to which she answered yes and then revealed that talks were in progress about a new series of Tales of the City set in modern day San Francisco. Armistead Maupin himself then revealed that meetings had already taken place and both Linney and Olympia Dukakis were attached.[]Naked Colin Ferguson can be seen in the TV mini-series More Tales of the City. I think he is super hot and a good actor. He will be in the film Life’s A Beach coming out in August, 2010. Maybe he will show some skin!

Tales of the City (1993) - MUBI

Tales of the City is coming to a close this year with the publication of The Days of Anna Madrigal, the last story about the transgender landlady who presided over a cast of characters both gay and straight, all living in her apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane.

the widow's world: Tales of the City

Tales of the City (1978)

Armistead Maupin – Films: Tales of the City

“Since 1976, Maupin’s Tales of the City has etched itself upon the hearts and minds of its readers, both straight and gay. From a groundbreaking newspaper serial in the San Francisco Chronicle to a bestselling novel to a critically acclaimed PBS series, Tales (all six of them) contains the universe—if not in a grain of sand, then in one apartment house.”—Amazon, editorial review

Armistead Maupin’s Further Tales of the City | Reel Charlie

Alastair planned and storyboarded like Hitchcock, who was his hero. Gangsters contains a brilliant homage to the crop-spraying sequence in North By Northwest, while Vertigo was a crucial influence on both Artemis 81 and the San Francisco of Tales of the City. After Gangsters came Hazell (1979) for ITV, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1980) with David Hemmings and the first episode of Inspector Morse (1987), followed soon afterwards by Traffik.